On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 2:09 PM Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 07:43, Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > Amongst Christian's various other SELinux contributions, over the past > > > several years Christian has been working on improving the SELinux > > > integration in systemd. One of the things that Christian has been > > > working on is revamping the SELinux permissions that systemd uses for > > > unitfile operations, both to resolve problems and generally improve > > > the mapping of permissions to systemd operations. As this work has > > > been languishing for several years, I would like to see if we can get > > > things "unstuck" by proposing two things: > > > > > > 1. I've provided links to the systemd GH PRs below, but I think it > > > might be helpful if Christian could provide a quick summary of the new > > > permissions, how they map to systemd operations, and how they map to > > > the existing SELinux/systemd permissions with a focus on helping > > > policy developers migrate existing SELinux policies. > > > > > > 2. Given the significance of systemd to modern Linux distributions, I > > > think it might be a good idea if we selected a SELinux "liaison" for > > > the systemd project. This person, or group of people, would work with > > > the systemd folks to keep the SELinux integration in good working > > > order, review systemd code as necessary, and help represent the > > > SELinux project within systemd. > > > > > > How does that sound to everyone? If we are in agreement on #2, and > > > assuming he would be willing to help out, I would like to nominate > > > Christian as our SELinux liaison to systemd; any objections? Anyone > > > else interested in helping out? > > > > I agree with the Christian's nomination. > > > > As for #1, I looked on both, but I have to admit that I had a lack of > > understanding of the problem and so I would need some time to get > > into it. Therefore I postponed it due to other priorities, (but never > > come back). If it's still open I'll focus on it next week. > > > > > > > For reference, Christian's systemd PRs on GH: > > > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10023 > > > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20387 > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Petr > > > > Hi all, > > Thanks Paul for attracting some attention to the SELinux integration > of systemd. It has been several months since I last worked on the > systemd related patches, so they all need a rebase and another round > of testing. > > Addressing the first point, here are some details about the changes I > would like to see in systemd ... Thanks for all the details Christian :) -- paul-moore.com
